The Mandy Connell Podcast

10-30-24 FULL SHOW - The Sec of State is Incompetent, RCV In Practice In Alaska

10-30-24 Interview - Alaska State Senator Mike Shower - The Details of RCV in Alaska

THE DETAILS OF RCV IN ALASKA (Don't mind my butchering his name from Shower to Storm. It's Mike SHOWER) I'm super mad at myself for not reaching out to someone in Alaska to talk about the realities of Ranked Choice Voting before now. I had a long conversation with Alaska State Senator Mike Shower the other day and asked him to come on the show today to talk about the realities of what Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) looks like in practice. Though I am STILL IN FAVOR, this is going to be a heavy lift ...

10-30-24 Interview - Sam Bandimere Wants Your Vote!

SAM BANDIMERE WANTS YOUR VOTE! He's running for Senate District 19 in Arvada and he pops on at 1:30 for a few minutes to talk about it. Find out more about Sam here .

10-30-24 Interview - CO House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese - Calls For Jena Griswold to Resign

10-30-24 Interview - Weather Wednesday with FOX31's Dave Fraser

WEATHER WEDNESDAY TODAY WITH PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT IT As some of us will see the first snow of the year while others will see some rain. Fox 31s Dave Fraser joins us at 12:30 to talk about it.

10-29-24 FULL SHOW - Medicare Info Sessions, and What's Next After Next Tuesday

10-29-24 Interview - Tom Krannawitter - A Chat About Liberty and Our Future After the Election

A CHAT ABOUT LIBERTY AND OUR FUTURE AFTER THE ELECTION This is going to be a night of inspiration & discussion as we search for hope and principles after the election with Yaron Brook & Tom Krannawitter! Join a live streamed event with two great thinkers who will talk about liberty and the future of our country after the election. I have Dr. Thomas Krannawitter on to talk about it, find the RSVP here ....

10-29-24 Interview - Eileen Doherty - Have Questions About Medicare?

10-28-24 FULL SHOW - Nine Days Until Election Day and Democrats Are Getting Ugly

10-28-24 Interview - Heidi Ganahl has some questions

10-28-24 Interview - We Need to Stop the Mountain Lion Hunting Ban

WE NEED TO STOP THE MOUNTAIN LION HUNTING BAN As it upends YEARS of carefully tuned wildlife management by the biologists at Colorado Parks and Wildlife (did you know you have to have some sort of degree to work there and that most hold degrees in wildlife biology or other related fields?). We don't need a bunch of people living in the Front Range telling the people who live in the urban-rural interface that their pets should be eaten because the mountain lion population is out of control. Dan G...

10-28-24 Interview - Benjamin Allbright - A Hero's Thank You is Back!

A HERO'S THANK YOU IS BACK! So if you know a deserving veteran who could use a check for $2,500 bucks send them this or nominate them yourself!

10-25-24 FULL SHOW - Some Spooky Talk for a Friday with Paranormal Investigators

10-25-24 Interview - XX Paranormal Communications an all female paranormal team from Colorado

10-25-24 Interview - Michael DiManna Candidate for CO State House of Representatives

10-25-24 Mandy talks Fibromyalgia

10-24-24 FULL SHOW - Let's Talk About Amendment 80

10-24-24 Interview - Nick Troiano - There's A Debate on Ranked Choice Voting Tonight

THERE'S A DEBATE ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING TONIGHT And I'm going to chat with Nick Troiano about it at 1:30. Two former Secretaries of State have come forward to support Proposition 131 that would change the way we vote in Colorado and one of them is now Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman and he wrote about it with Bernie Buescher here . Find out more about the debate tonight by clicking here ....

10-24-24 Interview - Kristi Burton Brown - We Must Codify School Choice

WE MUST CODIFY SCHOOL CHOICE And Amendment 80 does just that by putting school choice into Colorado's Constitution. That is the ONLY way the teachers unions will stop trying to destroy the robust and wildly successful charter school system we have here in Colorado. A majority of the schools in the top ten in Colorado are charter schools are private schools and the teachers unions HATE THIS because they can't control either. Kristi Burton Brown (who is also running for Board of Education and you ...

10-23-24 FULL SHOW - Help Kids Learn About Web Safety with Agnes

10-23-24 Interview - Agnes Gomes-Koizumi - A Web Series to Teach Kids About Being Online

A WEB SERIES TO TEACH KIDS ABOUT BEING ONLINE I'm very excited to have Agnes from Social Smarts with Agnes, a very new web series that helps teach kids about social media and tech usage. Inspired by real conversations with her nephew, each episode is a quick 10-minute dive into the "why" behind social media. It is intended for parents to watch with their tweens for a fresh perspective and to help open an ongoing dialogue. In the very first episode, she unpacks why age 13 is the magic number for ...

10-23-24 Interview - Weather Wednesday with FOX31's Dave Fraser

WEATHER WEDNESDAY AT 12:30 And we'll chat with Fox 31's Chief Meteorologist Dave Fraser about the glorious weather we are having right now and when it will end. Get your weather questions ready!

10-22-24 FULL SHOW - How To Build Strong Relationships With Your Teens

10-22-24 Interview - Bodie Was the Winner to Me

BODIE WAS THE WINNER TO ME If you don't watch The Voice you may have missed a young man named bodie (he doesn't capitalize his name which makes the grammarian in me scream but here we are) who came in first runner up to a country singer who was good but not AS good IMO.

10-22-24 Interview - Susan Caso - Want A Lasting Relationship with Your Kids?

10-21-24 FULL SHOW - Valdamar Wants Your Vote, and A Bit On Empathy

10-21-24 Interview - Valdamar Archuleta is Making Waves in District 1

VALDAMAR ARCHULETA IS MAKING WAVES IN DISTRICT 1 As he runs against a long entrenched incumbent who needs to go. He had a nice write up by The Politics Watcher here . He just faced off with Degette this weekend and you should watch it.

10-21-24 Interview - Dr. Judith Orloff - A New Book to Cry Over

A NEW BOOK TO CRY OVER But only because noted psychiatrist Judith Orloff has a new book out called The Genius of Empathy: Practical Skills to Heal Your Sensitive Self, Your Relationships, and the World . In it, she is drawing on insights from neuroscience, psychology, and energy medicine, Dr. Orloff shows us how to access our sensitivities, soothe our nervous system, and stop absorbing the emotions of others. She begins with the magic of empathy to find greater self-love and healing–including fr...

10-18-24 FULL SHOW - Kamala Wilts and Trump Slays

10-18-24 Interview - Natalee Tennant with Never Surrender